Daily Scripture Analysis

  • Thirteenth Sunday – Year A – Ordinary Time

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thirteenth Sunday – Year A – Ordinary Time Readings: 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a; Rom 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt 10:37-42. 1/ Reading I: RSV 2 Kings 4:8 One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So, whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. 9 And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who is continually passing our way. 10 Let us make a small roof … Read more

  • Saturday – Twelfth Week – OT2

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saturday – Twelfth Week – OT2 Readings: Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Mt 8:5-17 Reading 1 (Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19):The Lord has consumed without pityall the dwellings of Jacob;He has torn down in his angerthe fortresses of daughter Judah;He has brought to the ground in dishonorher king and her princes. On the ground in silence sitthe old men of daughter Zion;They strew dust on their headsand gird themselves with sackcloth;The maidens of Jerusalembow their heads to the ground. Worn out from weeping are my eyes,within me all is in ferment;My gall is … Read more

  • Friday – Twelfth Week – OT2

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download Friday – Twelfth Week – OT2 Readings: 2 Kgs 25:1-12; Mt 8:1-4   Reading 1 (2 Kgs 25:1-12): In the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the month,Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his whole armyadvanced against Jerusalem, encamped around it,and built siege walls on every side.The siege of the city continued until the eleventh year of Zedekiah.On the ninth day of the fourth month, when famine had gripped the city,and the people had no more bread, the city walls were breached.Then the king … Read more

  • Thursday – Twelfth Week – OT2

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thursday – Twelfth Week – OT2   Readings: 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Mt 7:21-29. 1/ First Reading: NAB 2 Kings 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his forebears had done. 10 At that time the officials of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. 11 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, himself arrived at … Read more

  • The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist – June 24th

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist – June 24th Readings: Isa 49:1-6, Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80. 1/ First Reading: NAB Isaiah 49:1 Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. 2 He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me. 3 You are my servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show … Read more

  • Tuesday – Twelfth Week – OT2

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download Tuesday – Twelfth Week – OT2 Readings: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Reading 1 (2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36): Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent envoys to Hezekiah with this message: “Thus shall you say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria. You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all other countries: they doomed them! Will you, then, be saved?’” … Read more

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